Accessing the Content Gateway manager

Content Gateway has a browser-based management console: the Content Gateway manager.

See the Certified Product Matrix for a list of browsers that the console supports. Use of other browsers and versions may result in unexpected behavior.

Java and JavaScript must be enabled in your browser. See your browser documentation for instructions.

There are 2 ways to access the Content Gateway manager:

From the Forcepoint Security Manager, using single sign-on (SSO)


	Note When SSO (not available with Forcepoint DLP Web Content Gateway) is used, the browser must be configured to allow pop-ups on the Content Gateway IP address.

When two-factor authentication is enabled, this is the only method that can be used. See Configuring Content Gateway for two-factor authentication.

For SSO configuration instructions, see the Forcepoint Web Security Administrator Help.

If you log on to Content Gateway manager using SSO, when you log off of Content Gateway manager your session is closed.

By entering the IP address and port of the Content Gateway host system in your browser:

In the browser address bar, enter:

https://<nodename>:<port>

Here, <nodename> is the IP address of Content Gateway and <port> is the port number assigned to the Content Gateway manager (8081, by default).

On the logon page, enter your administrator ID (admin, by default) and password.

The Content Gateway manager password is set during installation.

You can change the ID and password, as well as create and modify user accounts. See Controlling access to the Content Gateway manager.

When you on to Content Gateway manager directly, when you click Log Off, your session is not closed until you close all open browser windows.

On launch, the Content Gateway manager displays the Monitor > My Proxy > Summary page. This page provides information on the features of your subscription and details of your Content Gateway system.

For information on the Monitor tab, see Viewing statistics in the Content Gateway manager.

Click the Configure tab to display the available configuration options.

This document provides instructions for the many tasks that can be performed via the options on the Configure tab.

A list describing all of the options available on the Configure tab appears in Configuration Options.

Security certificate alerts

An SSL connection is used for secure, browser-based communication with the Content Gateway manager. This connection uses a security certificate issued by Forcepoint LLC. Because the supported browsers do not recognize Forcepoint LLC as a known Certificate Authority, a certificate error displays the first time you launch the Content Gateway manager from a new browser. To avoid seeing this error, install or permanently accept the certificate within the browser. See your browser documentation for details.


	Note If you are using Internet Explorer, the certificate error will still be present after you accept the certificate. Close and reopen your browser to remove the error message.

Windows 7 considerations

If you are using Windows 7, you may need to run the browser as administrator for it to allow ActiveX controls.

Right-click the browser application and select Run as administrator.

Log on to the Content Gateway manager and accept the security certificate as described above.